Belly fat
produces aromatase, so the more belly fat you have, the greater the testosterone conversion.
Even the skinniest person will
produce some aromatase.
Not exact matches
Fat (adipose) tissue
produces an enzyme called
aromatase that converts male hormones called androgens into estrogens, female hormones.
Aromatase inhibitors (AIs), in contrast, lower the amount of estrogen in the body by preventing non-ovary tissues from
producing it.
Aromatase enzymes are
produced in the adipose tissue i.e the fat cells.
The
aromatase enzyme
produced in our body is responsible for breaking down the testosterone and turning it into estrogen.
There is one difference — belly fat
produces an enzyme called
aromatase that seeks out free testosterone in the bloodstream and converts it to estradiol — the most common type of estrogen.
Estradiol (E2): Estradiol is
produced from testosterone via
aromatase.
Your body will continue to
produce estrogen via the
aromatase pathway, which is one of the most common causes of estrogen dominance.
Even though estrogen is
produced during ovulation, it can also be
produced in significant amounts via the
aromatase pathway, which is why many menopausal women still become very estrogen dominant.
Some vegetables may inhibit
aromatase, the enzyme used by breast cancer tumors to
produce their own estrogen.
Aromatase and the increase in estrogen that it can produce has such a strong link to breast cancer that a medication to inhibit aromatase is used to treat some breast
Aromatase and the increase in estrogen that it can
produce has such a strong link to breast cancer that a medication to inhibit
aromatase is used to treat some breast
aromatase is used to treat some breast cancers.
Modest lifestyle changes that include the avoidance of alcohol may cut the odds of breast cancer in half, but certain grapes appear to contain natural
aromatase inhibitors that may undermine the ability of breast tumors to
produce their own estrogen.
Men need to
produce estrogen through a process involving an enzyme called
aromatase that transforms testosterone into estradiol.
This is because as bodyfat goes up so do levels of the
aromatase enzyme and this means that the rate at which men start
producing estrogen goes up.
Menopausal women continue to
produce larger amounts of estrogen through
aromatase, even when their ovaries
produce little.
Fat tissues contain an enzyme called «
aromatase,» which changes androgen hormones, and which is
produced in the adrenal glands.
The enzyme
aromatase is
produced in belly fat and has the primary function of seeking out testosterone to convert to estradiol.